Improvement in clasp-buttons



" L B. COLIN.

CLASP-BUTTONS.

No. 191,657 h Patented June 5,1877.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

LOUIS B. COLIN, OF JERSEY CITY HEIGHTS, NEW JERSEY.

IMPROVEMENT IN CLASP-BUTTONS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 191,657, dated June 5,1877; application filed April 12, 1877.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LoUIs B. OoLIN, of

Jersey City Heights, in the county of End son and State of New Jersey,have invented a new and Improved Clasp-Button, which in- -vention isfully set forth in the following speci- *ments in clasp-buttons; andconsists in two hollow cases of sheet metal struck up with spurs on thelower sides, one of said cases being constructed with a slot or openingin its upper front edge, and with a flat springcatch, the free end 'ofwhich sets in the said slot, the other casing being constructed with twodown wardly-projectin g lips at the sides of its upper edge, with whichthe spring-catch engages, the construction and arrangement being suchthat the two parts or cases, when fastened together, are in contact witheach other, presenting a neat and finished appearance, and enabling thespring-catch to be most readily operated, all of which will more fullyhereinafter appear.

In the drawing, the letter A designates the male part of 'myclasp-button, and the letter B its female part. Each of these parts ismade of ahollow case of sheet metal, from the under side of whichproject spurs a, which are, by preference, made in one piece with theircase, and which are pointed and flexible, so that they can be readilypassed through the material to which the clasp-button is to be attached,and that, by turning these spurs over after they have been passedthrough said material, the two parts of my button are firmly retained inposition.

If desired, the spurs can be turned back, and the clasp-button can bereadily detached.

The part A of my clasp'button is constructed with a rectangular slot oropening, d, in its upper front edge, and said part A also contains aflatspring-catch, b, which engages with two downwardly-projecting lips, c 0,

formed at the sides of the upper front edge of the part B, for lockingthe two parts together; and, by means of the free end of thespring-catch setting in the recess d of the part A, said catch can bereadily operated, while at the same time the two parts A and B, whenfastened together, lie in contact with each other, presenting a neat andfinished appearance.

By this means a clasp-button is produced which can be made cheaply,since the two parts of the button, together with their flexible spurs,can be readily stamped out of sheet metal and bent to the proper shapeby suitable dies, so that very little hand-labor is required in theconstruction of the article.

My button-clasp is intended particularly for fastening gloves; but itcan be used also for other articles, and its two parts can be attachedand detached with little trouble or loss of time, and, when attached,the spurs, being turned over on the inside, do not interfere with theconvenience of the article to which they are attached.

I do not claim, broadly, as my invention the button-clasp made in twoparts and provided with means for attaching and detaching the same,since button-clasps with spiral fastening devices have heretofore beenmade. Such button-clasp, however, could not be used with advantage forgloves and other articles which are drawn tight against the skin of theperson wearing the same.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is- I Thecombination of the sheet-metal casings A B struck up with spurs a a a a,the former part A being constructed with the central slot or opening atin its upper front edge, and with the flat spring-catch b, the free endof which sets in said slot, and the latter part B being constructed withthe two downwardly-projecting lips c c at the sides of its upper frontedge, as and for the purpose described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand andseal this 9th day of April, 1877.

LOUIS B. ooLIN. [LS-1 Witnesses:

JOSEPH OoLIN, E. F. KASTENHUBER.

